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Analysis and comments on Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney

Comment 4 of 4, added on April 30th, 2006 at 1:39 PM.

This poem is purely sexual. It's describing a person's first sexual experience and first love. There are two representations of change in the poem, and change in season describes the change in life. A womans first sexual experience is not usually enjoyable (painful) but after the first time, it's something that is craved.

Katelin from United States
Comment 3 of 4, added on November 16th, 2005 at 11:09 AM.

All i can say is the poem is talking not only about the childhood experience it also shows us things like life cycle. And the thing that i think he wants to show the most is the feeling of a very happy moment(the taste of ripest delicious blackberry) and how the happy moment never last for ever, and that you can't keep the moment.(the blackberry had gone bad and tastes sour)

Arthur from United Kingdom
Comment 2 of 4, added on October 27th, 2005 at 5:12 PM.

i like the poem alot..to me it talks about a childhood experience as well as something sexual..some happy moments as well as some sad ones.

tina from United States
Comment 1 of 4, added on September 17th, 2005 at 7:10 AM.

I think this is alovely poem with great rythem

nora from Ireland



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Poet: Seamus Heaney
Poem: Blackberry-Picking
Volume: Death of A Naturalist
Added: May 7 2003
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